Posted by rogdog on May 12, 2001, at 13:28:15
In reply to Re: Methadone - AndrewB and all interested, posted by H. Vincent MacGruder on May 7, 2001, at 9:32:55
MY EXPERIENCE WITH METHADONE HAS BEEN THAT IT IS A GOOD ANTI-ANXIETY MED. AND ALSO A GREAT ANTI-DEPRESSANT. i WAS ON IT FOR 3 AND A HALF YEARS THE THING THAT WAS THE WORST WAS THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO GET UP EVERY MORNING AND DRIVE DOWN TO THE CLINIC TO GET YOUR "DAILY DOSE". I THINK DOCTORS SHOULD BE LIBERATED IN THERE PRESCRIBING OF DRUG. A LOW DOSE OF METHADONE COULD END UP ON BEING A LIFE SAVER FOR SOME PEOPLE. WE SHOULD ACCEPT THE OPIATES AS A "REAL" TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY. TO GET OFF IT REALLY IS NOT THAT BAD THERE ARE NUMEROUS WAYS TO DETOX FROM METHADONE AND NOT BE TO UNCOMFORTABLE. I HAVE DETOXED FROM METHADONE "COLD TURKEY" AND A GRADUAL DOSE REDUCTION. OPIATES ARE NOT A "BAD DRUG!!!!! PEOPLE REACT TO MEDICATION DIFFERENTLY, SOME MAY HAVE AN ABSOLUTLY TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE WITH EFFEXOR AND BELEIVES IT IS FROM THE DEVIL, WHILE OTHERS COULDNT LIVE WITHOUT IT. JUST MY 2 BITS! ROGDOG
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